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The Language of Scent: Smelling as a Way of Knowing

Smell and Scent Exploration

An immersive workshop revealing how scent shapes perception, emotion, and memory. Participants smell and discuss a curated palette of raw perfumery materials—from bright aldehydes to deep balsams—while reflecting on the feelings, memories, and imagery each evokes. The facilitator…

Communication Skills Practice Creative Activity Empathy Exercises Group Activity Group Creativity Scent & Olfactive
Duration 45–75 min
Group Size 5–25

Workshop

Description

An immersive workshop revealing how scent shapes perception, emotion, and memory. Participants smell and discuss a curated palette of raw perfumery materials—from bright aldehydes to deep balsams—while reflecting on the feelings, memories, and imagery each evokes. The facilitator helps translate sensory impressions into language, linking smell to story, culture, and creative thinking.

Benefits

  • Expands cultural and sensory literacy

  • Develops emotional intelligence through olfactory association

  • Enhances storytelling and descriptive communication

  • Builds empathy and shared curiosity within teams

  • Sparks creative thinking and idea generation

Hosted by Christopher Greene

About the Host

I’m a creative facilitator and depth practitioner with over a decade of experience guiding individuals and groups through transformative processes that bridge art, psychology, and spirituality. My work is rooted in helping people access the deeper dimensions of creativity and meaning—whether through movement, dialogue, ritual, or contemplative art-making. Across corporate, cultural, and retreat settings, I design and lead immersive experiences that foster authentic connection, emotional intelligence, and collective renewal. I move fluidly between languages of ultimacy—humanist, theological, and poetic—meeting people where they are while opening pathways toward inner awareness and shared purpose. I bring a structured yet soulful approach to facilitation: balancing play and reflection, presence and precision. Each session is designed to invite both individual insight and collective resonance—an experience that feels alive, grounded, and transformative. As a Culturist, my intention is to hold space where creativity becomes a spiritual act, and where inner work naturally gives rise to connection, vitality, and joy.

Certifications & Credentials

Id be happy to send over my CV which lists a series of educations, workshops, trainings, etc. that I posses. While I possess no board licenses, I am a certified spiritual director. My CV is more exhaustive in providing context to my work.

Focus Areas

Creative/CultureWell-being/HealthDevelopment/Coaching

Location

85RP45WH+GV

Languages

English

Travel Locations

I'd be open to dicussing what areas may be in need of what I can offer. At that point, I could estimate some of the extra costs.

Corporate Experience

Moderate

Session Types Offered

Interactive & Passive

Past Experience Doing Sessions

Yes - Interactive

Client Requirements

It would depend on the session.

Past Clients

Matthew Fox Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of America / Americorps, Boston University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, See CV.

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